Health Protection Agency HPA reports that a local man had died from COVID-19 today in the Maldives.
In a tweet, HPA said that today at 06:24 pm, a 60-year-old Maldivian man admitted at HMF, ICU has passed away.
He is the second person to die from COVID-19 this month and the 30th individual to die since April.
A total of 24 locals and 6 foreigners have now succumbed to the pandemic in the Maldives.
Most of the locals who have died from the illness include elderly patients with underlying health issues. Although a 42-year-old woman had also died from the pandemic in the Maldives.
The six foreigners include 5 Bangladeshis and 1 Filipino national.
Authorities have reported a total of 8741 COVID-19 cases since march and have recorded 6157 recoveries since then.
HPA had also said that the confirmed cases of COVID-19 include 6 deceased positives whose cause of death is not directly due to COVID-19.
